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Totally inspiring! Looking forward to backpacking in a few weeks up in Utah. Nothing like getting out, huh? Doesn't look like there's any good flyfishing in them thar hills.

no fly fishing, but some great trophy mule deer hunting

Originally Posted by Joezilla

HUGE TIP with those crazy little bumps out in the desert: WATCH ALL BOTTLED BEER! I've shaken bottled beer so hard in the trunk it exploded. It was a rental though

ouch!

Originally Posted by Joezilla

Also, does the dirt still come in the mesh at all? was wondering about shoes like that and your type of sand.

yeah the dirt does come through mesh trail runners, socks block most of it, but after a long run my toes will have some dirt on them- small price to pay though for keeping shoes light, fast drying and your feet cool

shoes are Montrail Sabino Trails- just ordered my third pair, use them for both hiking and running- my retired pair I used this winter when I was running w/ snow/ice- just added sheet metal screws

I've planned my shoe rotation so my current shoes w/ a couple more hundred miles will then become my snow/ice shoes and the original pair pictured above will go to lawn mowing/don't care what happens shoes

Have you used dirty girl gaiters? (I have a hunch I've seen you mention them before). If so, how do they compare to these OR ones?

yup- I've used Dirty Girls for a couple of years now, I got a steal on these OR one's so I thought I'd give them a try. The OR's are pretty light, but double the weight of the DG's 2.8 oz/pair vs 1.4 oz/pair; the OR's are definitely a little more robust and have an adjustment (shock cord) at the top so you can fully snug the opening down, the DG are pretty snug, but occasionally something will get through from the top; also retail the DG's are about 1/2 the price ($20 vs $40)

for most of my hiking/trail running the DG's are more than sufficient, if I'm going to be heading into an area that has a lot of rock/scree or doing a fair amount of off trail stuff I'll grab the OR's, most of the time I'll stick w/ the DG's